Construction Trades and Extractive Occupations Not Studied in Detail

1994 employment: 167,000
Projected 1994-2005 employment change: Slower than average
Most significant source of training: Up to 1 month of on-the-job training

Mining, quarrying, and tunneling occupations
Rock splitters, quarry: Separate blocks of rough dimension stone from quarry mass using jackhammer, wedges, and feathers. Roof bolters: Operate self-propelled machine to install roof support bolts in underground mines. Mining machine operators: Operate mining machines, such as self-propelled or truck-mounted drilling machines, continuous mining machines, channeling machines, and cutting machines to extract coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from underground or surface excavation. Continuous mining machine operators: Operate self-propelled mining machine that rips coal from the face and loads it onto conveyors or into shuttle cars in a continuous operation. Mine cutting and channeling machine operators: Cut or channel along the face or seams of coal, quarry stone, or other mining surfaces to facilitate blasting, separating, or removing minerals or materials from mines or from the earth's surface.

1994 employment: 18,000
Projected 1994-2005 employment change: A decline
Most significant source of training: More than 12 months of on-the-job training

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to roadbeds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways; or equipment used for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials.

1994 employment: 73,000
Projected 1994-2005 employment change: Faster than average
Most significant source of training: 1 to 12 months of on-the-job training

Pipelayers and pipelaying fitters
Pipelayers: Lay glazed or unglazed clay, concrete, plastic, or cast-iron pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, water mains, and oil or gas lines. May grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints. Pipelaying fitters: Align pipeline section preparatory to welding. Signal tractor driver in placing pipeline sections in proper alignment and insert steel spacers.

1994 employment: 57,000
Projected 1994-2005 employment change: About as fast as average
Most significant source of training: 1 to 12 months of on-the-job training

Roustabouts
Assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools. Perform other tasks as needed.

1994 employment: 28,000
Projected 1994-2005 employment change: A decline
Most significant source of training: Up to 1 month of on-the-job training

Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Other Occupations Not Studied in Detail

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